Gluten-Free Cajun Chicken Pasta (Video!)

This Cajun Chicken Pasta is a delicious gluten-free weeknight dinner exploding with southwest flavours – sautéed peppers and marinated chicken in a light cream sauce make this pasta to die for!

This post is sponsored by Chickapea Pasta. Thanks so much for supporting the brands I love – they help keep my blog up and running!

So, I know we are all hitting the New Year's resolutions hard and all, but did you know that you can still have healthy AND pasta in, like, the SAME meal? And you don't even have to wait for the weekend to arrive to get your fill.

Yes, I'm serious.

I am in love with this Cajun Chicken Pasta. I'm talking tons of spicy sliced chicken, charred bell peppers and sizzling red onions, along with this delicious gluten-free pasta.

And did I mention that there's 23g of protein per serving for this pasta?!

Along with being gluten-free, vegan, organic and non-GMO (yep, lentil and chickpea flour are the only two ingredients here!), Chickapea Pasta is seriously going to change the way you think about a big ole' pasta dinner.

No, you're not dreaming.

This Cajun chicken pasta is the perfect kind of curling up on the couch, hibernation food.

I may have even polished off all the leftovers I froze over the holidays (yes, this recipe is freezer-friendly!), and I am not one for repeat meals.

What can I say? I'm kind of addicted.

This Cajun chicken pasta checks off pretty much all the boxes on healthy and delicious. I mean, you've got a whole serving of vegetables, and you just can't go wrong with this lighter, gluten-free penne. You don't want that heavy feeling after a long meal, especially after all of the eating we've done over the past couple months!

I know that after the holidays, it's hard to reset. You still want all things indulgent and delicious (like more than a few extra mocha lattes for instance?), but you're also like…I should get my veggies in. I should eat less carbs. I should exercise more.

It's time to start thinking less about what you should do, and just focus on year round enjoyment.

You deserve it.

I'm just going to be over here with my big bowl of Cajun chicken pasta, served up extra spicy and with just a little more parmesan.

Have I told you how much I'm obsessed with this flavourful pasta?

As a member of the Chickapea team I can't wait to share some more fun, easy recipes from the rest of the team throughout the new year. It's time to rethink pasta, people!!!

Will you be making this Gluten-Free Cajun Chicken Pasta? If you try any of my recipes be sure to let me know on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or in the comments – I’d love to see what you cook up!

About Taylor Stinson

Hey there, my name's Taylor! I’m the founder of The Girl on Bloor, a food blog where I share healthy meal prep recipes for busy people. I'm a busy city girl living in downtown Toronto on (you guessed it!) Bloor Street. I also run the awesome 5-Day Meal Prep Challenge, which is a free email course and Facebook group where I share my meal planning strategies and easy meal prep tips and recipes. Be sure to check out my free beginner’s guide to meal prep and follow me on YouTube and Instagram to get my latest recipes and healthy eating inspiration.

Taylor, this looks amazing! I mentioned this to Kristy as well — but as a plant based eater that’s recently developed a sensitivity to gluten, Chickpea pasta is a perfect alternative for me. It’s available locally at my favourite health food store, so I’m going to pick some up this weekend and give it a go! Thanks for introducing us to this brand and for the gorgeous (as always!) recipe. Happy Sunday!